Very excited to let you all know that my composition ‘Future Strings’, recorded by myself and Catrin Finch (on our debut album ‘Clychau Dibon’), has been sampled on Robbie Williams’ new album which releases today, 4th November. The sample appears on the track ‘When You know’ – a love song to Robbie’s wife Ayda Field – which is on the Deluxe Edition of The Heavy Entertainment Show, Robbie’s first album release in three years.

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that Seckou Keita has won the Africa & Middle East category in Songlines Music Awards 2016 for his solo album ’22 Strings’, co-produced with Theatr Mwldan and ARC Music Productions.

“I’m delighted that Seckou is the winner of our Africa & Middle East category this year – he’s a hugely popular artist and this is a much-deserved win for 22 Strings, his supremely graceful and highly personal album of solo kora music.”Jo Frost, Editor, Songlines Magazine

Seckou has been nominated in two categories in the 2016 Songlines Music Awards: ‘Best Artist’ and ‘Africa and Middle East’.

The winners are due to be announced in the next edition of Songlines Magazine which will be out in early June. A compilation album, featuring 19 of the nominated artists in the five geographical categories, is available on CD via Amazon.